Ivan the middle son was the better of the two. ... This ordeal only worsened when his wife became pregnant. ... He begins to realize how everyone is treating him. ... Ivan shows spots of beginning to realize how he treated life. ... He thinks to himself, Yes, I am making them wretched...They are sorry, but it will be better for them when I die. ...
Shimerda is a housewife, much the same way Mrs. ... She clings to Jim and feeds his self-image by stating how brave he is. She encourages Jim to show everyone how he killed the snake. ... Even the photographer notices just how happy she is to have a child of her own. ... As productive workers on the farm, they were better men than Jim and some of the town boys. ...
A traditional women interviewed said, "not a day does by, when I don't think about what I might have achieved and how that would have felt. I look the part of the perfect wife and mother, and it's a part I play with all my heart. ... (MIA) The emotional vulnerability of the full-time wife also affects her family as well. ... The wife at this point frequently feels offended by her husband's freedom to go on with his life. ... Recently, Working Mothers Magazine surveyed one thousand working mothers about how happy they felt. ...
Who then really had a "better" life, those who had all protection and no freedom, or those who had all freedom and independence? ... A scorned wife spoke this in one of Sophocles" lost plays. ... This sort of thing would be considered unacceptable for a wife to handle. ... There were set views and expectations of how women were supposed to interact with others outside the home. ... "The husband who takes his wife in adultery must divorce her." ...
An area to consider is how different writers emphasized literature's rise of modernization and society's feelings of isolation. ... She is a simple, prepared housewife who will settle for a good home over love. ... Tolstoy begins achieving these goals by explaining how Ivan was successful in marriage as he states "Ivan Illyich married for both reasons: in acquiring such a wife he did something that gave him pleasure and, at the same time, did what people of the highest standing considered correct" (56). ... The traditional part of the ending is when he changes his ways right befor...
Marriage to Rochester offers her a chance to liberate her passions, live a more fulfilling life as a housewife rather then a lonesome governess. ... He genuinely loves Jane, and admires her for being able to stand up to him, and express how she really feels. ... Rochester clearly loses all interest in other affairs as he pursues Jane, demonstrating how she really is constantly on his mind. ... Rosamond is very much in love with St John as well, though he casts her aside, as he doesn't feel that she would make a good missionaries wife. ... By proposing to Jane it is evident that St John pl...
